Telecommunications - Page 2
Egyptian telecoms giant, Orascom takes fight with Orange to France
Egyptian telecoms operator, Orascom, is on the lookout for opportunities that might enable him gain a foothold in France: acquisitions, partnerships, mergers or an...
Approaching Internet explosion to redefine Africa’s place
A new wave of revolution is starting to reshape Africa. Oddly, it is not a political revolution but an Internet revolution set to transform...
Nigeria among top ten countries on the global mobile networks
Nigeria, with a monthly growth figure of 1.1 million in new mobile phone subscription, is now the eighth fastest growing telecommunications environment in the...
Gateway Communications awarded
Capacity Magazine's Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards announced at Capacity Europe in Amsterdam, November 17th
London, November 18th – Following an outstanding business performance in 2008,...
Rwanda and Korea sign $38 million internet deal
In a bid to enable high-speed internet network with fiber-optic technology, Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA) has signed a $38million contract with Korea Telecom...
Hacking alert in Nigeria
The Nigerian Senate is presently considering a Bill aimed at restraining the activities of internet criminals as the government has come to realise the...
Laptops for all in Uganda
Alintuma Nsambu, the State Minister for Information and Communications Technologies, has affirmed that the newly introduced laptop ownership programme will after five years, see...
Ericsson’s highest sales in Africa to foster cheaper services
Swedish-based telecommunications giant, Ericsson, said it had benefitted immensely from Africa's vibrant mobile phone industry, with sales soaring up to € 400 million this...
Kenya : Mobile phones to serve as credit cards
Kenya's Central Bank Governor Njuguna Ndung'u has welcomed the launch of the country's first formal mobile banking services unveiled Thursday to target millions of...
Opposition takes gov’t to court for telecom deal
A group of Ghanaians is taking legal action against the government to halt the intended sale of state-owned Ghana Telecom to telecoms giant Vodafone...
Telecommunications gaint moves from Holland to Kenya
Zain International, one of Africa's leading mobile phone service providers, has moved its Africa regional headquarters to Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
Zain, formerly Celtel, is...
Sim-card registration process contested
Mobile phone uses are skeptical over the registration of all prepaid mobile phone sim-cards saying its a ploy by State Security agents to keep...
Vodafone lands telecom deal in Ghana amid foul cry from opposition
The Ghana government and mobile giants, Vodafone Thursday announced a deal under which the UK-based company will buy 70 per cent of its shares...
Morocco gets a new mobile telephone operator
The third Moroccan private operator, "Wana", has announc ed the launch of its activities in mobile telephony, a market that "Maroc-Telecom " and "Meditel"...
Morocco : Television now available on cell phones
Personal mobile television (TMP), a service that enables users of cell phone to receive free of charge television programmes, has been officially launched in...
Ethiopia makes headway in telecommunications
Ethiopian farmers and traders are now on equal footing thanks to the country's expanding network of mobile telephony, according to The Ethiopian Herald.
"The spreading...
Kenya mobile phone company Celtel embarks on social investment
Celtel Kenya, one of the country's mobile telephone service providers Tuesday launched a 1 million shilling programme to upgrade facilities at a special educational...
Egypt hosts ITU Telecom Africa conference
The 2008 edition of the ITU Telecom Africa conference has started off in Egypt, with about 200 companies from 45 nations attending.
The 12-15 May...
Egyptian gov’t blocks opposition web site ahead of telecom conference
Egypt's leading opposition movement, Kefaya's (Enough), web site has been blocked by the government-controlled T-Data internet provider. The nation's largest web company has been...
Air transport IT summit to hold in Belgium
The annual Air Transport Information Technology (IT) Summit, hosted by SITA, a firm that specialises in air transport communication and solutions, will take place...
India assists Mauritius to fight cyber crime
A team of Indian experts in computer technology is expected in Mauritius Monday to assist that African country in the setting up a "National...
Strike disrupts phone and internet services in Nigeria
The strike embarked upon this week by workers of the partially privatised Nigeria telecommunications company (NITEL) has disrupted telephone and internet services across the...
Camera that sees through clothes to revolutionize fight against terror
Technology has become indispensable in the battle against terror; prioritizing the need for up to date inventions to fight terrorists who resort to ingenious...
Libya and Sudan sign contract with Arabsat in Morocco
The Arab Satellite Communication, Arabsat, on Wednesday signed two contracts with Libya and Sudan at a ceremony in Marrakech, southern Morocco.
The first contract between...
Microsoft’s Open XML joins HTML, PDF and ODF formats
Microsoft's Office Open XML, the world leader in softwares, recently certified by ISO (International Standardisation Organisation) and the CEI (International Electrotechnic Organisation), has met...
Ghana and India to forge closer bilateral ties
Ghana and India on Monday renewed their resolve to deepen bilateral relations and economic partnership for the mutual benefit of their people.
Their main areas...
Intel opens in Algeria
The North Africa regional head of the US computer group, Intel, Khaled Lamraoui announced at an information day here Sunday his company would open...
Microsoft helps develop African micro-enterprise
US software giant, Microsoft, is to help African governments create local computer industry and support small-scale enterprises to become competitive on the world market.
The...
Telecom Egypt reports profit for 2007
Egypt's leading telecommunications company, Telecom Egypt, Thursday reported an increase in profits for 2007.
Telecom Egypt, the country's semi-private telecommunications company, said that net profit...
Congo hosts first African computer engineering exhibition
Congolese capital, Brazzaville, will between 10-12 April, host the first African software engineering exhibition, dubbed Salon Genilog 2008, with the theme "Businesses and Computer...